Valle Annalisa, Cavalli Giulia, Miraglia Laura, Bracaglia Edoardo Alfredo, Fonagy Peter, Di Dio Cinzia, Marchetti Antonella
Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy.
Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Apr 9;13(4):321. doi: 10.3390/bs13040321.
The aim of the present paper is to establish the factorial validity and reliability of the Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents (RTSHIA), proposed by Vrouva and colleagues in 2010, in an Italian sample. The RTSHIA measures both Risk-Taking and Self-Harm behavior in adolescents. We administered the scale to a total of 1292 Italian adolescents from 9th to 12th grade; to verify the validity of the scale, we also assessed emotion regulation and psychopathological traits. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (N = 638) and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (N = 660) confirmed the original two-factor structure of the RTSHIA (Risk-Taking and Self-Harm). The only differences in the Italian version of the RTSHIA (RTSHIA-I) were that one item was moved from the original Risk-Taking factor to the Italian Self-Harm factor, and another item that was not included in the original RTSHIA is now part of the Risk-Taking factor in the Italian version. The reliability of the RTSHIA-I is also confirmed, and both factors correlate with emotion regulation and externalizing/internalizing traits. Our results suggest that the RTSHIA-I is a useful tool for assessing Risk-Taking and Self-Harm behaviors in Italian adolescents, and the correlational patterns indicate that these behaviors may be related to difficulties in mentalization skills.
本文旨在验证Vrouva及其同事于2010年提出的青少年冒险与自我伤害量表（RTSHIA）在意大利样本中的因素效度和信度。RTSHIA用于测量青少年的冒险和自我伤害行为。我们对1292名来自9年级至12年级的意大利青少年施测了该量表；为了验证量表的效度，我们还评估了情绪调节和心理病理特征。探索性因素分析（EFA）（N = 638）和验证性因素分析（CFA）（N = 660）证实了RTSHIA最初的双因素结构（冒险和自我伤害）。意大利版RTSHIA（RTSHIA-I）的唯一差异在于，有一项从原来的冒险因素移至意大利版的自我伤害因素，还有一项原RTSHIA未包含的项目现在是意大利版冒险因素的一部分。RTSHIA-I的信度也得到了证实，且两个因素均与情绪调节以及外化/内化特征相关。我们的结果表明，RTSHIA-I是评估意大利青少年冒险和自我伤害行为的有用工具，相关模式表明这些行为可能与心理化技能困难有关。
